HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Paint Rock game set state record for points

The Paint Rock Indians host the Novice Hornets November 5, 2010. The final score was Paint Rock 112, Novice 109. The Paint Rock Indians are now the 2010 District 8, Division 2 champions.

SAN ANGELO, Texas - The Paint Rock High School football team not only made history for its town and school Friday night, it also made statewide history.

The Indians played from behind all night long before finally getting past Novice in the final minutes and holding on for a 112-109 victory and the District 8, Division II championship at Indian Field.

The 221 points set a new state record for combined points scored, breaking the old mark of 218 scored in last year's game between Trent and Novice. Trent won that game 132-86.

Even more impressive was the performance by running back Tony Diaz. Diaz finished the game with 621 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns and 151 passing yards and four touchdowns.

A correction in the final statistics was needed after it became clear a play in which Diaz appeared to fumble the ball to a teammate who then scored was actually a shovel pass for a touchdown.

Diaz had a hand in all 16 of Paint Rock's TDs.

He had to because Indians quarterback Kaleb Keeney suffered a concussion in a game against Blackwell in Week 9, and Diaz was forced into a spreadback role.

"We knew we were going to have to depend on Tony," Paint Rock head coach John Wood said. "I told him at the first of the week that he was going to have a one-week crash-course in spreadback. I just figured that with our conditioning maybe we could outlast what they were going to do."

Paint Rock will face Loraine in the first round of the playoffs Friday at a site and time that was still undetermined Saturday evening.

The statistics in Saturday's Blitz section also credited the Indians with one PAT kick too many. The corrected stats appear below.